Dodona dipoea

Dodona dipoea dipoea Hewitson, [1866]


♂, Xiang Khouang, Laos.		♂, Xiang Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Dodona dipoea Hewitson, [1866]
OD : Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Dodona and Sospita): [79], pl.[41], fig.3,♂.
TL : East India (Darjeeling).

Distribution : India, Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Dodona dipoea ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 33, fig.46,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.05)

[ LAOS ]
Dodona dipoea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.11, figs.Ri-7,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Dodona dipoea ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.4B♂,4C♂(Un),4D♀,4E♀(Un). (Xieng Khouang)
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Dodona dipoea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ (incl. photo and photo by T.Aoyama & M.Hayashi).
Chom Thong dist. 2015.02.14. 1♂, (photo by T.Aoyama, M.Hayashi & Y.Inayoshi).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Xiang Khouang : 2♂ (incl. photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is rather localized and uncommon in montane forests at high elevations.
The first discovery in Thailand was recorded in photos taken by Toshiyuki Aoyama, Masakazu Hayashi & Y.Inayoshi in Chiang Mai province on 14.Feb.2015.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,[1862-1866] :
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
3:iv + [124]pp, 60 pls. Van Voorst, London.

Nakamura, N.,2019 : Notes on several species of genus Dodona Hewitson, 1861 occurring in Indochina (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of D.phuongi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 stat.n.
Butterflies 81:22-47.


♂, 2015.02.14. Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, 2015.02.14. Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2016.01.31 - 2023.05.31.